And so our journey continues…

Here we are. One final time we are in a count down of days. Days where my calendar is loaded with which medication to take on which day and what day I need to go for this appointment or that procedure. You see we have begun the process of our FINAL IVF transfer. It is bittersweet as I type those words. The FINAL transfer… It’s the beginning of the end of our IVF journey.

For those of you who know our story, thank you for standing by us and joining us again! For those of you who are just now following along, welcome to the journey! In the next few days and weeks I will tell more of our amazing story of growing our family. I will share the highs and lows; the things that still haunt me at night and the peace that I can only get from walking in faith with God. I will be candid, honest, and raw. I ask in return, that those of you who read this, will understand that I am opening up so that we can have the biggest support group praying, cheering and loving us every step of the way! For now, here is an update on where we are, and where we are headed.

Today is day 4. Day 4 of the cycle before we do our final IVF transfer. This means that in approximately 42-50 days we will take the final leap in our IVF journey and complete the final embryo transfer. If all goes as it should, I will begin injections in about 16 days. From there I will add various medications taken orally, through injections and through hormone patches, all in hopes of reaching a positive pregnancy test. Then, it will hopefully be coming off of medication, having a healthy pregnancy and in 10ish months, having a baby (or two) to add to our family of 3.

Here are the answers to some questions that you may be thinking already. Two, we will be transferring 2 embryos (yes, that means the possibility of both implanting and us having twins). Yes, these are our final two babies (I view them as our babies) to be transferred. No, we do not want to wait and just try 1 at a time. Five, this is our 5th transfer. And Yes, our son was a wonderful blessing of science and the power God has to provide life!

I want to take just a moment to explain a little of what my husband and I believe about IVF as it pertains to our faith and walk with God. We truly believe in our hearts that science must have God in order for the miracle of life to happen. If this were not true and medicine could stand on its own, we would be a family of mommy, daddy and at least 8 children. IVF/medicine is not perfect. We believe that God inspires the medical advances that occur with IVF and that without Him in the process, there would never be life that comes from IVF. Our belief is that God is the one who still knits each baby to his or her mother’s womb and breathes life into each baby born. I will go more into this at another time but for now this is where we are coming from. Some of you may agree or disagree with our beliefs, but in my blog, this is the belief that will be shared.

When this journey began 6 years ago, I never dreamed that I would go through 5 IVF transfers, that we would have our amazing son, and that we would have lived through half of what we have so far. This is our life. I can’t wait to share more of the past and future with you all!

When I conclude each post, I want to leave a “Pearl of wisdom” and something to pray or think about. Here is what I have for you today.

“Pearl of Wisdom”- “You may not always end up where you thought you were going, but you will always end up where you are meant to be!” -Unknown

A Request: Please pray for peace within my soul as I take this final round of IVF. Some days knowing what is ahead can be exciting and others it can be overwhelming to think of doing again.

Love, Blessings and Pearls! ~ Me